I travel the world looking at garbage. Plastic garbage. This is my job. Our NGO quantifies plastic density in the oceani…
Backyard Gardening
Chase the Sun with a Mobile Vegetable Garden
If you’ve got a green thumb but are burdened with a dark, shadowy yard, then you need to check out this clever ide…
Wall Flowers: Vertical Gardening Made Easy
You’ve heard the old refrain: if walls could talk. But what if your walls could live? Vertical gardening is a grow…
3 Container Gardens That May Change Your Life
I admit, I’m an impatient person though I prefer to view myself as a fan of efficiency. I sigh when a driver in fr…
Foodie Underground: Sharing Is Caring…at Least in Your Yard
I grew up with a garden. My mother even made sure that I had my own plot (it consisted of mostly sunflowers and a few we…
How to Grow Vegetables for Fresh Salsa
I just moved into a new apartment where the previous owner raved about growing all kinds of vegetables on the terrace. H…
Use Rain Barrels to Drench Your Garden and Save Water
April showers bring May flowers – and an opportunity to give your garden a healthy drink without chipping away at …
From Coughs to Colds, These Common Backyard Weeds Offer a Medicinal Boost
A weed is just a plant growing in the wrong place – a plant which, in many cases, could be used ease indigestion, …